U.S. schools shuttered by the coronavirus should pursue a carefully phased reopening only after public health benchmarks are met, and summer camps should be limited largely only to children from the immediate area, federal guidance recommends.
FILE PHOTO: An empty playground at a closed school is seen from above during the outbreak of coronavirus disease in New York City, U.S., March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
President Donald Trump has said the nation needs to move forward with lifting restrictions meant to curb the pandemic in order to limit damage to an economy suffering its worst crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Schools are poised to become a particular political battleground. Children are less likely to suffer from severe complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, than older adults, but public health experts say they can spread it to older and frailer family members.
In its guidelines for kindergarten through 12th grade, the CDC said schools should only reopen after a sustained decrease in newly identified cases, and even then they should implement enhanced social distancing measures - such as closing cafeterias and playgrounds and serving meals in classrooms instead.
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